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Cie Immobilière Viger v. L. Giguère Inc.

[1977] 2 SCR 67 Court SCC Decision date 1976-01-30 English

PartiesCie Immobilière Viger Ltée (Defendant) Appellant·Lauréat Giguère Inc. (Plaintiff) Respondent

Counsel (4)
L. B. Grignon, for the appellant.
L. Vézina and F. Pelletier, for the respondent.
Solicitors for the appellant: Lizotte, Grignon & Robert, Granby, Que.
Solicitors for the respondents: Vézina, Sheehan, Pouliot, L’Écuyer & Morin, Quebec.

Judges Judson, Wilfred; Pigeon, Louis-Philippe; Dickson, Robert George Brian; Beetz, Jean; de Grandpré, Louis-Philippe

Delivered by Judgment of the Court — BEETZ J.

On appeal from Quebec

Subjects Action Municipal law

Contents

Judgment of the Court — BEETZ J.

The judgment of the Court was delivered by BEETZ J.—

an enrichment;
an impoverishment;
a correlation between the enrichment and the impoverishment;
the absence of justification;
the absence of evasion of the law;
the absence of any other remedy.

Footnotes

  1. [1] [1973] C.A. 867.
  2. [2] (1886), 12 A.C. 110.
  3. [3] (1906), 37 S.C.R. 657.
  4. [4] [1929] S.C.R. 650, rev’d. [1932] A.C. 295.
  5. [5] [1937] S.C.R. 275.
  6. [6] [1965] S.C.R. 164.
  7. [7] Req. June 16, 1892, D.P. 1892.1.596.
  8. [8] (1856), 6 L.C.R. 294.
  9. [9] (1857), 8 L.C.R. 113.
  10. [10] (1881), 26 L.C.J. 39.
  11. [11] Req. February 12, 1923, D.P. 1923.1.64.
  12. [12] (1935), 59 Que. Q.B. 193.
  13. [13] (1935). 61 Que. Q.B. 168.
  14. [14] [19591 C.S. 184.
  15. [15] (1931), 50 Que. Q.B. 315.
  16. [16] [1966] Que. Q.B. 135.
  17. [17] Sub. nom. Craft Finance v. Belle-Isle Lumber, [1966] S.C.R. 661.